hybridization
pronunciation
How to pronounce hybridization in British English:
UK [ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪ'zeɪʃn]
How to pronounce hybridization in American English:
US [ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪ'zeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Word Origin
- hybridization (n.)
- 1824, from hybridize (1802, from hybrid + -ize) + -ation.
Example
- 1. Hybridization does occur naturally in the wild .
- 2. In the arctic , the north pacific right whale and polar bears are probably threatened the most by hybridization .
- 3. For this reason , they have done only some steps of the process , such as the hybridization reaction described above .
- 4. The first comparisons of small sections of neanderthal dna did not indicate any hybridization , and the lack of interbreeding became a widely accepted conclusion .
- 5. The sunflower and lonicera fly examples raise the question of whether hybridization between species has been more frequent than biologists once assumed .